Demarest Captures 18.2 Balk Line Title in New York
Calvin Demarest defeated former champion George Sutton in New York to win the 18.2 balk line billiard title with a 500 to 78 victory. Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry visited England. John G. A. Leishman arrived in Rome as the new American ambassador to Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Demarest
George Sutton
New York
Wilhelmina of Holland
Prince Henry
England
John G. A. Leishman
Italy
Rome
Cotton futures blamed as harmful by federal inquiry
The Commerce Department report condemns current cotton futures trading while not opposing the exchange itself and notes producers and cotton dealers suffer under the system. Separate incidents include a Terre Haute cyclone causing $20 000 in damage and injuries, a Cherry mine probe involving Buck relatives accused of withholding witness info, and various professional society meetings and accidents across the nation.
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Herbert Knox Smith
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Smith
Terre Haute
Ind
Cherry Mine
St. Paul Coal Company
Frank Buck
Fred U H. Buck
Alexander Rosenjack
Mat Francisco
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
New York
Taft
American Red Cross
Washington
Italy
Key West
Lake Michigan
Pennsylvania St. Louis
Lewisville
Story of
Navy
Meyer
Navy Yards
B.co
Pacific
Zelaya
Nicaragua
United States
de- NU
Con ‘Ant
F ‘Oce
Cannon
Equitable Life Assurance Goety
J. Pierpont Morgan
Equitable
House of Lords
Mass of Unconnected Headlines From a Turbulent Era
A long dispatch lists diverse events from multiple states including a fatal shooting in Massachusetts, guard mobilization in Ohio amid a plant strike, ethnic tensions in Illinois, a wrecked fishing schooner in Newfoundland waters, school funding gifts, and legal cases. It notes labor clashes, criminal cases, and political actions across 1900s America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Warren
University of Chicago
Maud Radford Warren
Chicago
Amline
Belmont County
Harmon
Seventh
Ohio National Guard
Bridgeport
Aetna-Standard
American Sheet & Tin Plate Company
Frederick A. Cook
Newfoundland
Bonne Bay
Shamokin
Athol
Mass
Toledo
Ohio
Grace Frosch
W. S. Evans
Orrville
New York City
Brooklyn
Hinman Knowlton
South Framingham
Patrick Cox
County Mayo
Ireland
Edward Murray
Teachers' College of Columbia University
Helen Hartley Jenkins
Lewis Merickel
Joseph Myers
Merickel
John Masterson Burke
America
Omaha
Neb
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Equitable Life Assurance Company
Thomas F. Ryan
James H. Hyde
Nicaragua
Prairie
Philadelphia
Albany
Yorktown
Albert I. Patrick
Millionaire Rice
Old People Seek Health With Sarsaparilla And Whiskey Mix
An old age health ad promotes a tonic for rheumatic pains claiming rapid relief after a few doses. The recipe calls for one ounce compound syrup of Sarsaparilla one ounce Toris compound and a half pint of whiskey to be taken in tablespoonful doses before meals and at bedtime, with the bottle shaken before use.
Poor Bill’s Unmusical Voice Fracas at Noble Sportsman
A noisy scene at Noble Sportsman erupts over a poorly sung item labeled Poor Bill. The keeper notes Bill lacks a musical voice, provoking a heated exchange.
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Bill
Cure Found for Childs Severe Itching Rash
A Yukon Oklahoma mother recalls her two year old son suffering weeks of intense itching and a bark like rash. After three months of agony she used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, reporting complete cure with no symptoms for over two years. J W Lauck, Aug 28 and Sept 17 1908. Potter Drug & Chem Corp Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Lauck
Yukon
Okla
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Solo Props
Boston
Doctor Thorold’s Island Riddle Gaffe Delights School Bunch
An anecdote recalls Dr. Thorold giving out prizes at a London school board event. He asked, which was the largest island before Australia was discovered, and after the students failed, quipped Australia was there all the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorold
London School Board
Australia
minister shocks parish by coin box trick
After service a minister spots Deacon Snowball in the vestry and sees him replace a 50 cent piece with a dime from the collection box. He cries out that such behavior is plain dishonesty and condemns the act.
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Mr. Talcom
Deacon Snowball
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Fraudulent Testimony Exposed
A historical notice offers a one hundred dollar reward for catarrh cures, cites F J Cheney of Toledo, and includes testimonials from Walking Kinsa w Marvin. It touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy and notes fake pills for constipation. A separate joke mocks Clarice and a friend about comparing flats.
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F J.chiendy & CO
Toledo
O. We
F. J. Cheney
Kinsaw & Marvin
Hall
Pills, potions, and proverbs in a crowded ad page
Trade card style lines promote Pettit’s Eye Salve first sold in 1807 and Perry Davis Painkiller as cold and pneumonia preventives. It lists Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething, Lewis’ Single Binder cigars, and social quips about wealth and marriage in brisk ad copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
Deep-Seated Cough Cured In Five Hours By Home Syrup
An old Boston Post item touts a five hour cure for deep seated coughs using a home made syrup. It lists ingredients wild cherry bark cardiol and white pine syrup with a dosing schedule, claiming rapid relief and family wide use. A comic aside follows about Wilford’s joke on his father’s bald head.
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Boston Post
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
Advertisement notes Mother Gray a nurse in a Children's Home offering a remedy for constipation feverishness teething disorders stomach troubles and pinworms with 30 000 testimonials. Mentions sample free and price 25c and lists Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York as contact. Also promotes Allen's Long Balsam for coughs and colds and Lewis' Single Binder cigars with prices and sales claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Gray
New York
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
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Cutiura
Clarice
Butler
Perry Davis
Wilford
Columbia
Allen
Lewis
Dodds
Kidnes
Silver & CO
Hewes Street
N. Y
John I. Brown & Son
Brosto
UY Wan Compan
Mt 8
Texas-Mexico Investment Co
Skidg E, Devas
Sige
Carters
Western
Canada
Hill
Gore
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
West
Lotte
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Uruguay
Chile
S.S. Bluecher
West Indies
Owent P.O
Hamburg-American Line
Broadway
Polk Miller
Polk Miller Drlg CO
Main Street
Richmond
Parker
Druggista
Manade
J.p.allen
Dept
al St.Paul, Minn
MEPO
Om Teceiptor Eic
Mepo CO
Remser
Heroeyes
Thompson
Herpes
Resinol Chemical Company
Baltimore
J. H. Kidall
Mt. Washington
Cascarets
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